Do not appear to be a generalist or a multidisciplinary person on your résumé or in the first interview. Just focus on answering their needs.

nurtured or frustrated by other people (users), depending on the form of collaboration (interactions).

The key is not to get stuck on something that you have effectively no chance of succeeding at. We are all for aggressive and world-changing goals. Please do fight City Hall. Oppose injustice.

Find what works to enable yourself to enjoy your choices fully.

A well-designed life is a life that makes sense. It’s a life in which who you are, what you believe, and what you do all line up together.

People will sometimes say, “I got bad advice.” That’s probably not true; they just got good advice that didn’t fit.

If you’re beginning to think like a designer, you will recognize that life is never done. Work is never done. Play is never done. Love and health are never done. We are only done designing our lives when we die. Until then, we’re involved in a constant iteration of the next big thing: life as we know it.

Every domain of human endeavor is held together by a web of relationships between people.

These are all gravity problems—meaning they are not real problems. Why? Because in life design, if it’s not actionable, it’s not a problem. Let’s repeat that. If it’s not actionable, it’s not a problem. It’s a situation, a circumstance, a fact of life. It may be a drag (so to speak), but, like gravity, it’s not a problem that can be solved.